Ice creeper



Aug. 31,1926.

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S. BARTLETT ICE CREEPER Filed Nov l6 1925 Patented Aug. 31, 1926. i 15197;;

UNETED STATES PATENT @FFHQE..

Application filed November 16, 1925. Serial No. 69,475.

This invention relates to ice creepers and tudinally extending chains will be securely more particularly to an ice creeper adapted held in engagement with each other and preto be worn upon a shoe and disposed about vented from moving out of the proper and beneath the heel thereof so that the spaced relation to each other. This is clearwearer will be prevented from slipping when ly shown in Fig. 2. Since the creeper is walking upon ice or hard snow. formed of chain, it is flexible and, therefore, One object of the invention is to so form when applied to the shoe it can be readily the creeper that it maybe readily applied drawn upwardly about the sides and front to the heel of the shoe and securely held in and back of the heel, as shown in Fig. 1. in engagement therewith and prevented from Referring to this figure, it will be readily working loose. apparent that, when the creeper is applied Another object of the invention is to so to the shoe, it will be prevented from movform the chains from which the ice creeper ing out of proper relation to the heel and is made that they will have good biting enthe person wearing the creepers prevented 15 gagement with the surface of the ice and from slipping either longitudinally or transcut into the same when in use. versely of the heel.

Another object of the invention is to so In order to retain the creeper in place upassemble the strands of chains from which on the shoe, there has been provided a front the creeper is formed that they will be prestrap 10 and rear straps 11 and 12. The 7 2n vented from moving out of the proper operstrap 10 extends longitudinally of the front ative relation to each other. chain 3 and suitable fasteners, such as the This invention is illustrated in the accomrivets 13, are passed through the strap and panying drawing, wherein intersecting links of the chains 1, 2 and 3 to Fi 1 i a Perspective i f a h firmly hold these chains in engagement with with the improved creeper applied thereto, the strap. A buckle l l is provided at one d end of the strap 10 so that the extended end Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the import1ons of this strap may be carried upproved creeper when laid flat. wardly about the instep portion of the shoe The creeper forming the subject-matter of and secured. A similar buckle 15 is provid- 3 this invention includes a flexible body pored so that the straps 11 and 12 may be setion of a pocket-like formation and having cured in front of the ankle and prevent the side chains 1 and 2, front and rear chains 3 creeper from slipping rearwardly out of and 4: and intermediate chains 5 and 6 which proper engagement with the heel. These extend longitudinally and transversely of the straps 11 and 12 have'the r 1 WBI'. s creeper, as shown in Fig. 2. Each of the connected with the chain from which the chains comprises a plurality of loosely concreeper is formed by means of hooks 1.6. nected links and each link is formed from a lYhile it is stated that the creeper includes folded strip of metal reduced intermediate slde chains 1 and 2 and front and rear chains its length to provide a neck which when the 3 and 4, it will be obvious that these chains strip is folded produces a rounded eye 7 atmay all be formed from a single length of one end of an elongated body portion 8 havchain having its ends brought together and ing a longitudinally extending opening 9. secured by one of the fasteners 13. The The eye is disposed transversely of the body creeper is so flexible that when not in se i portion 8 and when the creeper is in use it may be reduced to a very compact mass and 45 will be found that since the eyes project easily carried in a pocket where it will be above and below the body portions of the ready for use whenever needed. If the links they will be readily forced downwardly creepers are worn upon overshoes of the type into the ice or the crust of hardened snow by in Whi h he edge portions of the Sole and the weight of the person wearing the creepheel are rolled upwardly over the upper, it 50 ers and in this manner serve very effectively is not necessary to attach the straps 11 and to prevent slipping. It should be further 12 to the side chains as the side and rear noted that at their intersection the cross chains will be drawn into close fitting enchains 6 have been passed between the leaves gagement with the upper and rest upon the forming the body portions of certain of the rolled edge of the heel when the ends of the 55 links of the longitudinally extending chains strap 10 are drawn tightly together about 5 and, therefore, the cross chains and longithe shoe and secured.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. An ice creeper comprising a body portion having a pocket-like formation and including side strands and front and 'rear strands joined at their ends to said side strands, space cross strands extending between and joined to said side strands with the front and rear cross strands spaced from the front and rear strands of the body, intermediate strands extending longitudinally of said body in spaced relation to each other and engaged with said cross strands and having their front ends attached to said front strand and their rear end portions extending in divergingrelation to each other from the rear cross strand and secured to the rear strand of the body whereby said body portion may be disposed in enclosing relation to the heel of a shoe with the cross strands and intermediate strands extending beneath the heel with their end portions extending upwardly along the edge faces of the heel and the end portion of the heel fitted between the rear strand and diverglng rear end portions of the intermediate strands, and securing means carried by said body and adapted to be passed about a portion of a shoe' to hold the body portion in enclosing relation to the heel of the shoe.

2. An ice creeper comprising a pocketlike body portion including side strands and front and rear strands joined at their ends to said side strands, a securing strap ex tending longitudinally of said front strand and projecting from the ends of the front strand and adapted to be passed about a portion of ashoe and releasably secured, and fasteners carried by said strap and engaging said body at the intersection of the front'and side strands, the distance between the fasteners being less than the length of the front strand to prevent strain upon the front strand when the strap is secured about a shoe.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa ture.

SYDNEY BARTLETT. [1,. s.] 

